Backpack having a body, a handle, and a top flap made entirely of ethylene-vinyl acetate foam enabling a buttressed open top flap functionality

Abstract

A backpack having a body, a handle, and a top flap made entirely of made from ethylene-vinyl acetate. The body having rear surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a base surface, wherein the upper surface defines an opening by way of an upper periphery. The handle projects upward from the upper periphery. The top flap extends from a rear end to a forward end, wherein the rear end is connected to the rear surface so that the flap is movable between an open condition and a closed condition blocking access to the opening. A flap opening formed in the flap forward of the rear end thereof, wherein the flap opening is dimensioned, shaped, and located along the flap so that in the open condition the handle engages the flap opening so as to prop the flap in a vertically upright position.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A backpack comprising:
 a body having rear surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a base surface, wherein the upper surface defines an opening by way of an upper periphery; 
 a handle projects upward from the upper periphery; and 
 a flap extends from a rear end to a forward end, wherein the rear end is connected to the rear surface so that the flap is movable between an open condition and a closed condition blocking access to the opening, 
 wherein the body, the flap, and the handle are entirely made of ethylene-vinyl acetate. 
 
     
     
       2. The backpack of  claim 1 , further comprising a flap opening formed in the flap forward of the rear end thereof, wherein the flap opening is dimensioned, shaped, and located along the flap so that in the open condition the handle engages the flap opening so as to prop the flap in a vertically upright position. 
     
     
       3. The backpack of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of holes formed into the rear and front surfaces, wherein each hole of the plurality of holes is sized for water to flow therethrough. 
     
     
       4. The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein the base surface has a transverse cross section greater than any other part of the body. 
     
     
       5. The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein the base surface comprises a sheath which seats a bottommost portion of the body. 
     
     
       6. The backpack of  claim 1 , further comprising two adjustable straps, wherein each adjustable strap interconnects two points along the rear surface. 
     
     
       7. The backpack of  claim 6 , wherein the two adjustable straps are made from ethylene-vinyl acetate. 
     
     
       8. The backpack of  claim 1 , further comprising an indented indicia area along the front surface. 
     
     
       9. A backpack comprising:
 a body having rear surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a base surface, wherein the upper surface defines an opening by way of an upper periphery; 
 a handle projects upward from the upper periphery; 
 a flap extends from a rear end to a forward end, wherein the rear end is connected to the rear surface so that the flap is movable between an open condition and a closed condition blocking access to the opening, 
 wherein the body, the flap, and the handle are entirely made of ethylene-vinyl acetate; 
 a flap opening formed in the flap forward of the rear end thereof, wherein the flap opening is dimensioned, shaped, and located along the flap so that in the open condition the handle engages the flap opening so as to prop the flap in a vertically upright position; 
 a plurality of holes formed into the rear and front surfaces, wherein each hole of the plurality of holes is sized for water to flow therethrough, 
 wherein the base surface has a transverse cross section greater than any other part of the body, 
 wherein the base surface comprises a sheath which seats a bottommost portion of the body; 
 two adjustable straps, wherein each adjustable strap interconnects two points along the rear surface, wherein the two adjustable straps are made from ethylene-vinyl acetate; and 
 an indented indicia area along the front surface. 
 
     
     
       10. A backpack comprising:
 a body having rear surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a base surface, wherein the upper surface defines an opening by way of an upper periphery; 
 a handle projects upward from the upper periphery; and 
 a flap extends from a rear end to a forward end, wherein the rear end is connected to the rear surface so that the flap is movable between an open condition and a closed condition blocking access to the opening; and 
 a flap opening formed in the flap forward of the rear end thereof, wherein the flap opening is dimensioned, shaped, and located along the flap so that in the open condition the handle engages the flap opening so as to prop the flap in a vertically upright position.